Today I did another strength routine on the prowler, no puking this time! My trainer and I also verified the weight of the prowler we use, and its heavier than we thought. No wonder I puked last time!! We thought the prowler weighed in at ~50 lbs, but it is actually around 75 lbs… that…
First workout after almost 2 weeks off. My trainer took a vacation last week, so it has been almost 2 weeks since I last worked out with her. Looking back, hindsight says that week off was sorely needed. I needed a break from that routine. I tried to make a commitment to make this 6am…
Man… what a day. Yesterday I felt kind of tired so I went to sleep early, perhaps too early… I woke up around 3, 4, and finally at 5:30. Not beat, but not completely awake either. Either way I was excited to work out and try my new toy. At my local Fry’s electronics store I…
I was asked today what the difference between cross fit and X training is. Actually I have no idea how to answer that question. They both hurt, make you sweat a lot, and both use similar exercises. I guess the biggest difference that I notice is the structure of the workout. the focus with X…
Well today was an interesting day. Kind of a nice way to compare my fitness to some others who have been taking the X-Training class at studio 831. With the holiday coming up, my trainer had substituted and for my workout, she gave me the same routine. I came out of this work out a…
Today I had more of a classical cross fit training session. I am really starting to get over these injuries that have been plaguing me over the past couple of months… hell, it’s been since December 2011 when I pulled a muscle in my lower back. It still bothers me, but some recent dead lifts…
My last workout was a tough one. Harder than I expected. I didn’t do anything particularly difficult, just changed up the order. Instead of working on the strength portion first, we swapped and did the WOD first, and then finished the routine with the strength portion. The warmup was normal, a 500 meter row and…
It’s about time too. I was getting a little bored with the old routine and a little frustrated with the muscle and tendon pulls that were keeping me from strength training exercises. I was looking forward to the workouts despite the sore legs. This past Saturday I ran the stairs at sea cliff beach. The…
My trainer likes to redo work outs once or twice a every couple of months to get a gauge of where I am at. Today was one of those days. We did a workout that I last did in March. I blogged about it here: A new workout. Today’s work out was a slight variation on…
It’s been a rough couple of months with the workouts. Pulled muscles and strains have really put a damper on my workouts. I was trying to ramp up for the spring, but first I re-injured a pulled tendon in my elbow, which has restricted most of the normal weights and kettle bells because for a…